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DAVID PETER GOLDSMITH
Private First Class · U.S. Army
January 3, 1950 – March 4, 1968
Service recordDavid Peter Goldsmith, of New York, New York, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on March 4, 1968, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 18. His name is inscribed on Panel 42E, Line 64 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 42E · Line 64
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- AMERICAL DIV
- Born
- January 3, 1950
- Home of record
- New York, New York (Kings County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 4, 1968
- Age
- 18
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
75 names on the Wall carry the date March 4, 1968; two of them were lost in Quảng Ngãi Province. In March 1968, 1,767 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The Americal Division, his unit in the record, lost 31 of its members that month.
He died in Quảng Ngãi Province while the Tet Offensive was under way. Beginning on the night of 30–31 January 1968, Viet Cong and North Vietnamese forces attacked more than 100 cities and towns across South Vietnam, including the U.S. Embassy in Saigon. February 1968 was the deadliest month of the war for Americans.
Also on Panel 42E, Line 64
- DARRYL ALAN GALLAUGHERSpecialist Four · March 4, 1968
- EZRA GAVINPrivate First Class · March 4, 1968
- GARY DODDS HALLSpecialist Five · March 4, 1968
Same unit, same day
- TERRY ERNEST ALLENSpecialist Four · Panel 42E, Line 60
- JAMES RICHARD DAVIDSONSergeant · Panel 42E, Line 62
- RAMON SANCHEZ HERNANDEZSpecialist Four · Panel 42E, Line 65
- RONALD BRYNIEL JONSSONSergeant · Panel 42E, Line 67
- EDWARD MARTIN LENTZStaff Sergeant · Panel 42E, Line 68
- ROBERT EDWIN POESpecialist Five · Panel 42E, Line 70
- JOSE ENRIQUE TORRESSpecialist Four · Panel 43E, Line 1
From New York
- WALTER R MCCARTHY JRCaptain · June 16, 1962
- JOHN HOWARD MCCLEANCaptain · August 16, 1963
- DONALD ALLAN MOLLICONEFirst Lieutenant · December 20, 1963
- VINCENT JOSEPH HICKMANCaptain · January 14, 1964
- MARTIN STOCKFEDERPrivate First Class · July 15, 1964
- ROBERT GEORGE ARMSTRONGFirst Lieutenant · October 24, 1964
- DOMINICK SANSONESergeant First Class · December 10, 1964
- DONALD GILBERT COOKColonel · December 31, 1964
- TERENCE MEREDITH MURPHYLieutenant (junior grade) · April 9, 1965
- ROBERT CARL WISTRANDColonel · May 9, 1965
Source. U.S. Department of Defense, Defense Casualty Analysis System, Vietnam Conflict Extract Data File (as of April 29, 2008), Records of the Office of the Secretary of Defense, Record Group 330, National Archives (NAID 2240992). Panel and line as recorded in that file. This page presents the official record and its historical context; no biography has been written for him yet. See something wrong? Report a correction.